The Porter ( DD ) Class Displacement: 1,834 tons (2,597 tons full load) Length: 381 feet 1 inches Beam: 37 feet Draught: 13 feet Machinery: Performance: 50,000 shp for 37 knots Bunkerage: 635 tons Range: 6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots Guns: (8) 5″ ; (8) 1.1″; (2) .5″ MG Torpedoes: (8) 21″

The Norfolk ( DL ) Class The Norfolk ( DL ) class is more comparable in size to a World War II cruiser than a destroyer. Originally termed a “Frigate” by the US Navy, contrary to other navies for which the term Frigate was reserved for a standard “destroyer size” ship which specialized in ASW, […]

The Mahan ( DD ) Class Displacement: 1,488 tons (2,103 tons full load) Length: 341 feet 4 inches Beam: 35 feet 5 inches Draught: 12 feet 4 inches Machinery: Performance: 49,000 shp for 36.5 knots Bunkerage: 522 tons Range: 6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots Guns: five 5 inch; four .5 inch MG Torpedoes: twelve […]

The Log Book This page is a Logbook of additions to the site over the last year Log Book Entries 11/07/09: Reunion Notice for USS Douglas H. Fox 09/07/09: Photo addition to USS James C. Owens, USS Sellers, USS Richard E. Byrd, USS Roark, USS Sample 05/25/09: Photo addition to USS Thomason, USS Stormes, USS Drexler, USS Valdez 05/09/09: Photo addition to USS Babbitt, USS Donald B. […]

The Knox ( FF ) Class The Knox FF class was the result of congressional opposition to mounting costs of the Brooke FFG class Missile Frigate after only six Brooke class ships were built. Accordingly their mission was altered to ASW escort from that of a general escort. The original designation of the Knox class […]

The Gridley ( DD ) Class Displacement: 1,590 tons (2,219 tons full load) Length: 340 feet, 10 inches Beam: 35 feet, 10 inches Draught: 12 feet, 9 inches Machinery: Performance: 50,000 shp for 38.5 knots Bunkerage: 525 tons Range: 6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots Guns: four 5 inch; four .5 inch MG Torpedoes: sixteen […]

Do you remember any of those words or terms that you used all the time then, but seem strange now. Well, put them down along with a short definition, email them in, and we will post them for posterity. From: rickett@mail.snider.net Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 09:40:43 -0700 Subject: glossary Don’t know if you can use these or […]

The Gearing ( DD ) Class The pre-eminent destroyer to emerge from World War II – the Gearing class – with the help of the Fleet Rehabilitation And Modernization program (FRAM I) – survived for over three decades as a useful arm of the fleet. One Gearing class destroyer, the USS Gurke was still serving […]

The Frigates The Frigate class of ship is the modern version of the destroyer escort of earlier years. The purpose is essentially the same. Destroyers OnLine only handles US ships no longer in commission. For information on current destroyer types please browse the pages of: Navy OnLine and World Navies Today.Handling the Frigates is Mark Roberts

The Forrest Sherman ( DD ) Class The Forrest Sherman Class Destroyer was the last of the standard destroyers to be built by the US Navy after World War II. Designed during the late 1940’s and built during the 1950’s they had the most modern weapons and crew conveniences available at the time, including air […]